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How may we help?

We are hoping to gather evidence of the importance (or otherwise) of locally produced food to local people. Can you spend a few minutes filling out this questionnaire, and returning it to us at LEADER+. A voucher to spend at your favourite farmers’ market for £25 will go to a randomly selected winner.


Which local products do you buy at present? (times/volumes a week)

  Frequency How Much?
  Weekly Monthly Occasionally Never £s
Lamb
Beef
Pork
Sausages
Burgers
Chicken
Other Poultry
Fish Fresh
Fish Sea
Eggs
Game
Smoked Products
Water
Milk & Milk Products
Cheeses
Other Drinks
Beer
Cakes
Biscuits
Breads
Jams
Chutney / Pickles
Fruit
Vegetables
Others

 

How much do you think you spend in total on food? - £’ s per week on average (tick one)

  <£5
(one offs)
£10 £20 £50 More (amount)
On Local Produce
On all Food

 

Where do you make your local food purchases?

  Regularly Occasionally Never Which?
Direct from the producer  
Farmers markets
Local shop
Farm shop
Food hall (eg Cranstons / Holker)  
Rheged /Westmorland services  
Butcher
Food fair / show
Booths  
Asda  
Other Supermarket

 

Why do you choose local produce? Please rank each reason

  Very Important Important Relevant Not Very Relevant Irrelevant A reason NOT to purchase
Taste
Freshness
Supporting local economy
Supporting farmers
Health reasons
Environmental issues (food miles landscape)
Packaging
Animal welfare
Tourism draw
Other reason

 

Did you think about local produce or the origins of your food 5 years ago?
Yes  No

If 'Yes' please comment:

 

There are many reasons for not buying local produce – what do you think?

  Strong Reason Moderate Reason Weak Reason Not a Reason
Expense / value for money
Convenience
Standards / controls
Range / variety
Availability
Seasonality
Quality unreliable
Farmers already subsidised
Health scares
Not interested in high quality goods
Unusual

 

Socio economic data (you don’t have to fill this in, but it helps)

Sex:
Marital Status:
Children (under 18):
Age:
Under 20 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 50 60+
Income:
>10k <20k <30k <50k 50k+
Parish:
Postcode:
No. of Cars:

 

Are there any products you wish were available that could be produced locally?

 

Have you any general comments about local produce, the LEADER+ programme or relevant issues?

 

Name:
Address:
Phone:


 

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